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Arbroath face a trip to East Fife at Bayview Stadium on Saturday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Red Lichties will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, with Arbroath inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Fifers in a Scottish Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 21 Feb | Arbroath | 0 - 0 | East Fife | SCD2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Dec | East Fife | 0 - 1 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 18 Oct | Arbroath | 0 - 1 | East Fife | SCD2 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 11 Sep | East Fife | 1 - 0 | Arbroath | SLC |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 24 Apr | East Fife | 1 - 2 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 19 Dec | Arbroath | 2 - 1 | East Fife | SCD2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 17 Oct | East Fife | 0 - 3 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
East Fife's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Fifers have scored 6, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
Arbroath's away form is none too clever either, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Red Lichties have hit 7 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
East Fife are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 34 points from 31 matches. Arbroath are stuck down in the relegation zone of Bells Scottish Division Two with a return of just 33 points from their 31 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| East Fife | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| Arbroath | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Arbroath on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against East Fife. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| East Fife | 4 games since last home draw. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Arbroath | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |